Camaje, New York, New York, French Restaurant Details

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Love Abby, Love her vibe, love her food. Camaje is amazing.

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LOVELY place, great vibe, delicious food, excellent wines, comfy seats, super friendly staff. LOVED this restaurant, can't wait to return!!! I wish there were more places like this everywhere. P.S. Camaje had a very Parisian feel to it, which was awesome :)

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Camaje hosts Dining in the Dark nights. Eat a tasting menu blindfolded. They take this very seriously as there is no peeking and I still, to this day, do not know what the restaurant looks like. They even escort you to the bathroom blindfolded.

Dining in the Dark is part theatrical. They have a singer for entertainment and a person who goes around massaging people. I wish there was an opt out choice for the touching. I don't enjoy strangers playing with my hair or touching my shoulders, etc. The singer was nice but expected us to sing with her. I love singing but did not come to dinner to sing choir.

As for the food, it was lackluster. The portions were extremely small and each dish was cold. The soup was okay to be cold but the entree and crisp dessert should have been warm. The appetizer of bread tasted burnt. The wine pairings were good and generous. In the first 15 minutes, I had knocked over my glass. Thankfully, they were very forgiving about it.

If you are thinking about dining at Camaje, skip dining in the dark. Your wallet will thank you and you will probably have a better experience.

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I went to this restaurant during a "Dine in the Dark" event and I was blindfolded entering into this establishment and when I was escorted out, so I have no idea regarding the decor. We were seated by the staff and the first item that they gave us to taste was garlic bread that we had to crunch on at the count of 3 to figure out the room size. I still do not know how small or large the room was. The garlic bread was very garlic-y and I do not believe it was because of my heightened sense due to being blindfolded. Also the bread was very hard I wish it would have had a soft middle.
The next course was a refreshing and tasty avocado and cucumber chilled soup with basil and onions. I really enjoyed the soup. After that we had Atlantic Char that I found to be very fatty with a cabbage salad.
Our main course was pork seasoned in cumin along other spices that I had no idea that it was pork and lentils that I found tasty. the dessert was a strawberry tart that was ok with a yummy mint ice cream that they made at the restaurant.
The portions were enough to fill me up being that we had 4 courses and the wine pairing was very good. I would just hope that the portions would be larger if I decided to go back there without a blindfold.

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We visited Camaje Bistro for one of their Dark Dining dinners, where guests eat while blindfolded. Eating in total darkness is disorienting, though you grow accustomed to your surroundings fairly quickly. Smells and noises become amplified; you smell your food before it reaches the table and others' conversations are suddenly louder and clearer. The experience is neat though somewhat frustrating; I want to see what I'm eating and not have to grope for my food with my fingers. I also didn't like not knowing what I was putting in my mouth and having no control over the menu -- I far prefer to choose my dishes than have them chosen for me. The food itself was decent though not earth shattering, and everything was served in impossibly small portions. The standout of the evening was a chilled avocado cucumber soup, creamy and tasty. Arctic char was a bit fishy and lackluster, which is a shame for fish with such potential. Pork was tender and meaty, though crusted in too much cumin and bizarrely paired with lentils and bell peppers. Strawberry rhubarb crisp was blah all around; the accompanying fresh mint ice cream was light and refreshing (though served in a thimble-sized portion). The "entertainment" throughout the evening was singing, chanting, and randomly being caressed when you weren't expecting it -- I could have lived without all of it. An interesting experience, but one that isn't for me.